Spring Break went sour..........

So wendnesday morning I woke up and Joe had brought Josie down to my bed as he left for work. Maggie came down a short while after and had a cup of juice with her. She climbed in bed with me and Josie said, "ahhahhha" (which of course means I want that) so Maggie gave her the cup and she tipped it back to drink. Just as she was swallowing Maggie says, "mommy, I don't feel good." I feel her head and she is BURNING up. Nice way to start the day. :) I said, "Mag, next time u feel bad tell me before you share your drink with the baby." Anyhow, I was thinking our cookie making plans with our friends were going to be shot but gave her some motrin adn within a few hours she was all perked up and ready to go. So I called Sheila and told her it was her call so they headed over to let the kids play and decorate easter cookies.












Owen ate sooo much icing during the entire cooking session I am surprised he didn't get sick. They all had fun and I enjoyed Sheila's chicken salad...which is my all time favorite! As the evening came Maggie began to crash out on me again and by bedtime her temp was up to 104. She stayed that way all day Thursday as well, which was the day Neila-Susan had her easter egg hunt/party at her house. Joe has also been sick all week so he was home Thursday so I left the girls with him and took Owen down to Neila's for the party. It was the perfect day for it as it was gorgeous outside. The kids all had so much fun hunting for eggs and there were LOTS of eggs to be found. Neila did a great job of making it lots of fun for them all. Here they are busting out the door to go hunting.


















Owen on the hunt for eggs.....









this year he actually put them in his basket and kept looking. Last year he would find one, open it, eat the candy, then continue looking.













after cracking confetti eggs on their heads...



















Here are all the kids after their hunt.












I was sooo sad Maggie (and Josie) didn't get to come. This kind of stuff is right up Maggie's alley and I hated she didn't feel well enough to go.



After the egg hunt Neila Susan told them all the easter story with the resurection eggs. Each kid got an egg and got to open it when it was their turn. Here is Owen when he got the green egg (which is one of his many favorite colors).




















And here he is intently listening to Neila tell the story. And by the way....there is nothing wrong with his face. He just wanted to wear a band aid there and told everyone it was his tatoo????

























When it came to Owen opening up the green egg he had the whip that they beat Jesus with. Neila asked what it was and Owen said, "A snake". She told him what it was and what they used it for and as she talked Owen just kept looking at it....











I wonder what was going through his little mind to hear that Jesus went through all that pain because he loved us that much!












We went back home after the party where we found that Josie had joined Maggie and Joe in being sick. She had begun running a fever as well and spent most of her evening like this....


























Joe got up and laid her on the coucn and she stayed asleep while Owen was playing in the room.













And if you have ever hear Owen play that is a pretty big deal....he has the LOUDEST car you have ever heard.

The highlight of our evening was Mimi and Jaja coming up for a few days. Owen asked all day if they were almost here yet. He was so excited when they got here and immedietly started telling them all he wanted to do. Maggie, who had not left the bed all day, got well enough to come crawl into Mimi's lap of course. Neila-Susan checked her out for me that evening and her cbc showed a major virus...and she had strep throat on top of that. So at the ripe age of 5 and a half Maggie had to get her first antibiotic! I think her track record is pretty good!
I had to work Friday so I was glad mom and dad were here to help Joe on Friday since he too was still sick. By friday morning Josie was in full blown fever and Maggie wasn't feeling much better, I hated to leave them all feeling yucky but knew they were in great hands!
I only worked a half day so I was home in the afternoon. We stayed around the house and made pizza and hung out with mom and dad. The kids all love them so much and it is so cute how they all have the things hey like to do with them individually. Maggie loves her mImi time when it's just the 2 of them, and she can always talk Jaja into playing Pets in her room with her. Owen loves playing with Jaja as well...but is pretty tight with Mimi and loves their game of "baby mousie". And even Josie already loves on both of them aside from when mom told her she had a "big tail" while changing her diaper. :) It was like she knew what she was saying and burst out in tears.
They left out Saturday after I got Josie back from the doctor. (she too had the virus and strep throat!)
Saturday was spent getting ready for Easter Bunny to hit town and making dinner....

So our spring break went bad with everyone getting sick but it was still nice just being home and doing nothing!!